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Diegopteryx pulcherrima

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Blittersdorffia pulcherrima was named by Martins-Neto and Vulcano (1997). Its type specimen is CV-2080, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Diegopteryx pulcherrima by Bueno et al. (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto and Vulcano p. 66 figs. 5, 10
2000Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto p. 117 fig. 3K
2002Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto p. 37
2010Diegopteryx raptorius Martins-Neto p. 5 figs. 4, 7A,B
2025Diegopteryx pulcherrima Bueno et al. p. 5 figs. 4-7, 17D,E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
familyMyrmeleontidae()
genusDiegopteryx
speciespulcherrima()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diegopteryx pulcherrima Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1997
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Invalid names: Diegopteryx raptoria Martins-Neto 2010 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Blittersdorffia pulcherrima (type locality: 125511) Diegopteryx pulcherrima (217013) Diegopteryx raptorius (149755)